Though plan sponsors have ultimate responsibility for the compliance of their plan, the recordkeeper and other service providers can decrease the burden. However, selecting a provider is itself the plan sponsor’s fiduciary responsibility. In this session, sources will discuss the types of outsourcing available to plan sponsors—3(16) administrators, 3(21) investment advisers, 3(38) investment managers and pooled employer plans (PEPs)—as well as what can be expected from each.
Presenters
Alison Mintzer
Rebecca Moore
Managing Editor-Digital, PLANSPONSOR
Spencer Goldstein
Principal and Chief Investment Officer (CIO) at StoneStreet Equity
Spencer Goldstein has over 17 years of experience in the financial services industry, and oversees StoneStreet Equity’s investment management capabilities and business development initiatives. Prior to joining StoneStreet Equity in 2011, he was an analyst, trader and portfolio manager, specializing in energy equities and commodities. He holds a Series 66 registration, and is a CFA Charterholder. Goldstein earned his Master of Finance and BS in Management from Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business in New Orleans.
Joan Neri
Counsel at Faegre Drinker
Joan Neri provides counsel to employer plan sponsors and plan service providers in fulfilling their obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) and complying with the Internal Revenue Code rules governing employee benefit plans. Neri advises on ERISA fiduciary status and responsibilities, avoidance of prohibited transactions, the considerations associated with structuring, developing and offering investment products and services to ERISA plans, and day-to-day plan operational and compliance issues.